Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because I see everything by it.

How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

Devotion is a social force.

Yes I am with you always, until the very end of time

I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

Though our feelings come and go, God's love for us does not.

There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.

Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude

The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.

Prayer is a turning to God.

God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.